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Just Do It: The Nike Spirit in the Corporate World by Donald Katz — WisdomDeck honest review
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Just Do It: The Nike Spirit in the Corporate World

by Donald Katz

A journalist inside Nike in the early 1990s: Knight, the Jordan machine, the culture of competition. A snapshot of a company at full stride.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Culture is competitive on purpose.
  2. Marketing is storytelling.
  3. Athletes as brand.

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Nike, 1990s.

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